NEW USE FOR GOATS.
TO PROTECT SHEEP PROM DOGS. A sheep-farmer who had. been troubled by dogs has found a new use.for .goafts. He says:—"Keep a few goats in the ficick and dogs will never bother, them. We: had a flock of 500 head, and never lost ome when we had goats." . Goats , are natural born fighters, and will stand' up'..,to a largo dog. American sheep breeders-sometimes usts them _ to protect, their , flocks from timber waives. Of course, the go.it gets vanquished, Imt he can keep the wolves' attention long enough for tho sheep to get away. , i
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 226, 17 June 1908, Page 3
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98NEW USE FOR GOATS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 226, 17 June 1908, Page 3
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